Hi All,
I took my test yesterday. Going in to the exam I was cautiously optmistic about my performance. I felt I had improved a great deal over my study period. I had made it through and notecarded FA, I had access to three different Q banks (UWorld, Kaplan, and Rx) and was performing satisfactory, and I had taken four NBME practice exams.
Form 6 200 three months out
CBSSE 250 two months out
Form 7 260 one week out
Form 13 271 four days out
Note: above scores are given in step 1 three digit equivalent.
But the exam experience was altogether disheartening. I don't know if I was one of the unlucky ones cursed with an abnormally hard test form or if my nerves got to me. But the test was unlike anything I had seen before -- it was different from the CBSSA practice forms and totally dissimilar from any q bank. The exam was difficult, the timing seemed different (I felt I had ample time on practice exams), and experimental questions weren't at all discernable as people said they would be. After my exam I seriously doubt the existence of experimental questions.
I guess I was hoping that someone would echo my experience. I am hoping I am not the only person who went in there with a good attitude and left feeling totally defeated.
I took my test yesterday. Going in to the exam I was cautiously optmistic about my performance. I felt I had improved a great deal over my study period. I had made it through and notecarded FA, I had access to three different Q banks (UWorld, Kaplan, and Rx) and was performing satisfactory, and I had taken four NBME practice exams.
Form 6 200 three months out
CBSSE 250 two months out
Form 7 260 one week out
Form 13 271 four days out
Note: above scores are given in step 1 three digit equivalent.
But the exam experience was altogether disheartening. I don't know if I was one of the unlucky ones cursed with an abnormally hard test form or if my nerves got to me. But the test was unlike anything I had seen before -- it was different from the CBSSA practice forms and totally dissimilar from any q bank. The exam was difficult, the timing seemed different (I felt I had ample time on practice exams), and experimental questions weren't at all discernable as people said they would be. After my exam I seriously doubt the existence of experimental questions.
I guess I was hoping that someone would echo my experience. I am hoping I am not the only person who went in there with a good attitude and left feeling totally defeated.